Thematic Bible: The duty of remembering


Thematic Bible



Yet remember thy Creator, in the days of thy vigour, - or ever come in, the days of discomfort, and the years arrive, in which thou shalt say - I have, in them, no pleasure;


Though I scatter them among the peoples, yet, in places far away, shall they remember me, - and they shall live with their children, and shall return;


Then I looked and rose up, and said - unto the nobles and unto the deputies and unto the rest of the people, Do not ye fear because of them, - the great and fearful Lord, remember ye, so shall ye fight for your brethren, your sons and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.


Should I call thee to mind upon my conch, In the watches of the night, would I breathe soft speech of thee.


When my soul, darkened itself over me, Yahweh, I remembered, - and my prayer, came in unto thee, unto thy holy temple.


Upon thy walls O Jerusalem, have I appointed watchmen, All the day and all the night through, let them not hold their peace, - O ye that put Yahweh in mind, Do not take rest to yourselves,


These things, submitting to the brethren, thou shall be, a noble, minister of Christ Jesus, nourishing thyself with the words of the faith, and of the noble teaching which thou hast closely studied.


This, already, beloved, is the second letter I am writing unto you; and, in these letters, I am stirring up - by way of calling to remembrance - your uncorrupted mind,


But, all their works, they do, to be gazed at, by men, - for they make broad their amulets, and make large their fringes,

Tassels, shalt thou make thee, - on the four corners of thy vesture, wherewith thou dost cover thyself.

Therefore shall ye lay these my words upon your heart, and upon your soul, - and bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall serve as bands between your eyes;


But, all their works, they do, to be gazed at, by men, - for they make broad their amulets, and make large their fringes,

Tassels, shalt thou make thee, - on the four corners of thy vesture, wherewith thou dost cover thyself.

Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them, That they shall make them fringes on the corners of their garments unto their generations - and shall put upon the fringe of the corner a cord of blue:


Yet remember thy Creator, in the days of thy vigour, - or ever come in, the days of discomfort, and the years arrive, in which thou shalt say - I have, in them, no pleasure;


Though I scatter them among the peoples, yet, in places far away, shall they remember me, - and they shall live with their children, and shall return;


Then I looked and rose up, and said - unto the nobles and unto the deputies and unto the rest of the people, Do not ye fear because of them, - the great and fearful Lord, remember ye, so shall ye fight for your brethren, your sons and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.


Should I call thee to mind upon my conch, In the watches of the night, would I breathe soft speech of thee.


When my soul, darkened itself over me, Yahweh, I remembered, - and my prayer, came in unto thee, unto thy holy temple.